Jack Moser grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and, after college, entered the navy as an ensign in 1958. He experienced war in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968. As a naval intelligence officer, he followed the Soviet Submarine Force while working at NSA. In the early 1970s, he worked with the CIA, placing agents into China. After leaving the navy, he received his doctorate in counseling psychology from Florida State University. He has been in four counseling private practice in Pensacola for the past thirty-seven years. He has four sons, four daughters, and ten grandchildren. He lives, works, and writes in Pensacola, Florida. He has written seven books of poetry, four books on the male journey. This book is his first venture into historical fiction.